October 28, 2015: College Application Night

posted Nov 10, 2015, 1:41 PM by Kristin Hannon

College Readiness NewsletterOctober 28, 2015

Weekly College Update

Dear Senior Thunderbirds, Huskies, Snow Leopards, and Bulldogs,

Imagine the moment when you submit an application to college. You’ve entered each grade and test score, proofreading everything over and over to make sure it’s all accurate. You’ve worked hard to highlight all of your accomplishments over your high school career. You’ve spent so many hours writing and revising your personal statements. Your mentor has double-checked everything and says you’re good to go. You finally click submit! How do you feel?

Most likely you feel a tremendous sense of relief, pride and excitement. You’ve just applied to college! It’s a major milestone in your education. This month, many of you will submit those first applications for CSU, UC, and early decision private schools. At Summit, we want to help you accomplish that milestone and celebrate it!

This week’s focus is College Application Night!

Over the past few years, Summit schools have developed a tradition of holding a College Application Night in November. College Application Night is an after-school event when the mentors, teachers, and the senior class come together to work on college applications. You will get to the opportunity to celebrate and bond as a class, and you also have access to lots of application support so you can ask questions, get feedback on your personal statements, have someone proofread your application, and more.

I hope to see all of you at the College Application Nights coming up in the next two weeks. At Rainier and Tahoma, Application Night will be on Thursday, November 5th. At Prep and Everest, it will be on Thursday, November 12th.Your mentors can provide more details about the logistics at your school, but please mark your calendar and plan to be there!

Brian Ohleyer Scholarship AwardWho can apply: high school seniors who demonstrate athletic and academic excellenceAmount of the award: $4,000Information/Application: Olympic Foundation*Note- you can't apply directly; someone must nominate you, so talk to your mentor if you're interested!Deadline: November 3, 2015

Jack Kent Cook ScholarshipWho can apply: Low-income and high-achieving high school studentsAmount of the award: up to $40,000 per yearInformation/Application: https://application.jkcf.org/login/Deadline: November 3, 2015

Prudential Spirit of Community AwardWho can apply: High school students involved in volunteer workAmount of the award: $1,000Information/Application: Prudential Spirit of CommunityDeadline: November 3, 2015

CAP Bay Area ScholarshipWho can apply: Low-income high school seniors in the Bay AreaAmount of the award: $5,000 per year + 1:1 college coachingInformation/Application: CAP Bay AreaDeadline: December, 2015

AXA Achievement ScholarshipWho can apply: high school seniors who demonstrate ambition and driveAmount of the award: $10,000Information/Application: AXA AchievementDeadline: December 15, 2015

Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship FundWho can apply: Asian American and Pacific Islander high school seniorsAmount of the award: variesInformation/Application: https://secure.apiasf.org/Deadline: January 8, 2016

Gates Millennium ScholarsWho can apply: African American, American Indian, Asian Pacific Islander American, Hispanic American high school seniors with minimum 3.3 GPAAmount of the award: full cost of college education! Information/Application: Gates Millennium Scholars ProgramDeadline: January 13, 2016

Northrup Grumman Engineering ScholarsWho can apply: high school seniors who are interested in studying engineering and meet GPA and test score requirementsAmount of the award: $10,000Information/Application: Engineering Scholars FlyerDeadline: February 3, 2016

The Dream.Us ScholarsWho can apply: high school seniors who are DACA eligible or approvedAmount of the award: up to $25,000Information/Application: The Dream.US ScholarsDeadline: February 15, 2016

Science Program for First Generation Female College Students

Columbia UniveristyAre you a first generation female college student interested in majoring in science? Check out the Science Pathways Scholars Program at Barnard College. Students selected will have extra support and resources to be successful in college.